80 years later, how would Atlantic City-based Monopoly look?
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) – Monopoly is celebrating 80 years of capitalist cunning and dinner-table deals. The board game based on the real-life streets of Atlantic City was “born” on March 19, 1935, when Parker…
Caesars Dissolves Deals With Kansas City Chiefs, Others
Kimberly Pierceall, Associated Press An arm of casino giant Caesars Entertainment Corp. can tear up contracts it had with the Kansas City Chiefs, a Springhill Suites in Louisiana and audio company Monster Inc. that says it feuded with Planet Hollywood…
Last shot? New Jersey back to court in sports betting fight
David Porter, Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) – New Jersey is taking its 2 1/2-year battle to legalize sports gambling back to the same court whose previous ruling handed it a defeat but also provided an opening to pursue further…
Pete Rose Applies for MLB Reinstatement Under New Commissioner
Erik Matuszewski, Bloomberg · March 16, 2015 at 1:23 pm Share on facebookShare on twitterShare on emailShare on pinterest_shareMore Sharing Services 1 (Bloomberg) — Pete Rose has requested that his lifetime ban from Major League Baseball be lifted and new…
Vegas MAY 2015
anything going on for May? anyone planning a visit to vegas? hit the craps table? Replies: Posted by: GreenMachine on April 27, 2015, 11:57 pm may 8 to 10 Posted by: The Breeze on May 18, 2015, 4:48 am A…
The Lie Detector
For an early family Christmas present, a father buys a lie detector robot that slaps people when they lie. He tests it at dinner. The father asks his son what he did that afternoon. The son says, "I did some…
ID ten T error
SENIORS & COMPUTERS As we Silver Surfers know, sometimes we have trouble with our computers. Yesterday, I had a problem, so I called George, the 11 year old next door, whose bedroom looks like Mission Control, and asked him to…
SILENCE in an Irish Court
The judge says to a double-homicide defendant, "You’re charged with beating your wife to death with a hammer." A voice at the back of the courtroom yells out, "You bastard!" The judge says, "You’re also charged with beating your mother-in-law…
Obama's Make-Believe Life
Interesting analysis by blogger Alan Caruba. It was published in his daily blog entitled, “Warning Signs” on January 2, 2010 http://factsnotfantasy.blogspot.com/2010/01/obamas-make-believe-life.html Replies: No replies were posted for this topic.